Rent Control Carries On To The Next Generation.

San Francisco’s rent control ordinance limits rent increases to tenants in occupancy. In this case, the son of parents who years ago rented a unit in the landlord’s building and who, along with his parents, was an original occupant, remained in the unit after his parents left it. At that point, the landlord attempted to establish a new unrestricted rental rate. The Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Board, the superior court and the appellate court all found that, despite the fact the son was a minor when the original agreement was signed by his parents, he nonetheless qualifies as an original occupant under the ordinance and is entitled to the continued protection of the rent control provision. (Mosser Cos. v. San Francisco Rent Stabilization & Arbitration Bd. (Cal. App. First Dist., Div. 3; January 21, 2015) 233 Cal.App.4th 505, [182 Cal.Rptr.3d 619].)